Matt Taibbi & Bill Black: Obama's New Treasury Secretary a 'Failure of Epic Proportions' - Atheist Nexus2017-08-18T03:28:29Zhttp://atheistnexus.org/forum/topics/matt-taibbi-bill-black-obama-s-new-treasury-secretary-a-failure?groupUrl=hangwithfriends&commentId=2182797%3AComment%3A2143287&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI was shocked when I read abo…tag:atheistnexus.org,2013-01-14:2182797:Comment:21432872013-01-14T01:23:41.960ZRuth Anthony-Gardnerhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/RuthAnthonyGardner
<p>I was shocked when I read about this appointment at Alternet this morning. Obama is such a disappointment.</p>
<blockquote><p>He served as chief operating officer of Citigroup’s Alternative Investments unit, a group that bet on the housing market to collapse. Lew has also long pushed for the deregulation of Wall Street.</p>
<p>... Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont criticized Lew’s nomination, saying, quote, "We don’t need a treasury secretary who thinks that Wall Street deregulation was not…</p>
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<p>I was shocked when I read about this appointment at Alternet this morning. Obama is such a disappointment.</p>
<blockquote><p>He served as chief operating officer of Citigroup’s Alternative Investments unit, a group that bet on the housing market to collapse. Lew has also long pushed for the deregulation of Wall Street.</p>
<p>... Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont criticized Lew’s nomination, saying, quote, "We don’t need a treasury secretary who thinks that Wall Street deregulation was not responsible for the financial crisis."</p>
<p><strong>WILLIAM BLACK:</strong> Well, on financial matters, Jack Lew has been a failure of pretty epic proportions, and he gets promoted precisely because he is willing to be a failure and is so useful to Wall Street interests.</p>
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